I just finished planting all of my veggies this past week. Lucky for me, Houston seems to be in a zone where you can pretty much plant stuff all year long! (I didn't know that until recently.)
I planted 2 beefsteak tomatoes (Rick's fav) and 12 Early Girl tomatoes (3 to a pot). Also planted2 cherry tomatoes for Ally (in a hanging planter) 6 cucumbers, 6 greenpeppers, 5 squash, 1 zuccini and 2 strawberries. I am amazed at how much everything has grown already! I joined a gardening group and they told me to plant 80% of the tomato plants in the ground after snipping off the leaves at the bottom. When I was done, less than 2 inches of the beefsteaks were showing and I was dubious. But now, less than a week late, they are already almost a foot tall! And I have 2 buds on one plant and 3 on the other!
And I have 2 strawberries already, too!
I think the fishtank water helped alot! LOL! Bill cleaned out the fish tank last Thursday and poured the "nutrient rich" water on the plants (his words, not mine). Now I am thinking of getting some fish fertilizer to start using next month. Hmmmm.... And Bill had requested that I get some habanero and jalapeno pepper plants. I've never tried to grow them, but apparently they are super easy so I'm going to give it a try. Heck the worst that can happen is that I will kill them and goodness knows I've done that before!
So, anyone else gonna plant a veggie garden this year?
I planted 2 beefsteak tomatoes (Rick's fav) and 12 Early Girl tomatoes (3 to a pot). Also planted2 cherry tomatoes for Ally (in a hanging planter) 6 cucumbers, 6 greenpeppers, 5 squash, 1 zuccini and 2 strawberries. I am amazed at how much everything has grown already! I joined a gardening group and they told me to plant 80% of the tomato plants in the ground after snipping off the leaves at the bottom. When I was done, less than 2 inches of the beefsteaks were showing and I was dubious. But now, less than a week late, they are already almost a foot tall! And I have 2 buds on one plant and 3 on the other!
And I have 2 strawberries already, too!I think the fishtank water helped alot! LOL! Bill cleaned out the fish tank last Thursday and poured the "nutrient rich" water on the plants (his words, not mine). Now I am thinking of getting some fish fertilizer to start using next month. Hmmmm.... And Bill had requested that I get some habanero and jalapeno pepper plants. I've never tried to grow them, but apparently they are super easy so I'm going to give it a try. Heck the worst that can happen is that I will kill them and goodness knows I've done that before!
So, anyone else gonna plant a veggie garden this year?
Do you have problems with them? Do you do something special?
I probably call him a gazillion times as I am getting ready to plant stuff to make sure I am doing it all right. 
And when gets ready to plant his, he calls me to tell me what I need to get planted at that time. Its not all me...I do the work but with remote assistance. 
